This is a big blow. Bridge was in the form of his life and Wire will be weaker in the backs without him. It could mean a move back to centre for King, with Grix partnering him. And maybe a big recall for Kevin Penny joining Riley on the wing.

But for England too this is a big blow. Who will play centre with Shenton? We are already weak in the backs now possibly we might have to recall Gleeson or dare I say Senior.

This is a big blow. Bridge was in the form of his life and Wire will be weaker in the backs without him. It could mean a move back to centre for King, with Grix partnering him. And maybe a big recall for Kevin Penny joining Riley on the wing.

But for England too this is a big blow. Who will play centre with Shenton? We are already weak in the backs now possibly we might have to recall Gleeson or dare I say Senior.

I assume that was a typo?

It will be Hicks, King, Atkins and Riley as the first choice three-quarters now, which we have had for many games anyway.

Reily has kept his place and i have no idea why, other than his 5 tries at the begining of the season, his mistakes are becoming a regular issue for me, and his decision making is begining to bug me, he keeps coming in rather than taking the player on the outside, Penny and williams take the players on the outside.

Reily has kept his place and i have no idea why, other than his 5 tries at the begining of the season, his mistakes are becoming a regular issue for me, and his decision making is begining to bug me, he keeps coming in rather than taking the player on the outside, Penny and williams take the players on the outside.

Just a thought

I'm with you mate. Personally I think he should be dropped and work on some of his development areas in the 20's. Penny got dropped for a lot less than Riley is doing on a week-by-week basis. Personally I was hoping that with Myler back, King would have taken Riley's spot, but now with Bridge out that looks unlikely.

I'm with you mate. Personally I think he should be dropped and work on some of his development areas in the 20's. Penny got dropped for a lot less than Riley is doing on a week-by-week basis. Personally I was hoping that with Myler back, King would have taken Riley's spot, but now with Bridge out that looks unlikely.

Agree.

Did you also notice mathers having a pop at riley when he missed maguire???

Wasn't good to see from where i was in the stands.

For me TS has some work to do on the tackling over the next few weeks.

Riley is making a few errors but so is Mathers. So both could be dropped and I think Smith won't be afraid to do it.

But Penny is a risk and a half too. So its a big call for Smith I think.

Riley has been poor all year with regards to tackling, he has dropped too many easy passes (yesterday was a classic example) and the high ball, lets not go there.

Mathers had improved once Hodgson signed, yesterday he just had an off day (poss still not fit after hurting his back against HKR)

Penny is a risk, but no more a risk than Riley......If we don't get Penny in, he'll be gone and mark my words it'll bite us on the ######, Penny is an out and out flying machine who will take players on, riley comes back in every single time.(yesterday he did it too many times for me, lack of speed or confidence i not sure)

bridge may be a miss for wire but its a blessing for England as he should never have been in the squad and has done nowt worthwhile on the pitch for England .When everyone is fit he is way down the pecking order

bridge may be a miss for wire but its a blessing for England as he should never have been in the squad and has done nowt worthwhile on the pitch for England .When everyone is fit he is way down the pecking order

bridge may be a miss for wire but its a blessing for England as he should never have been in the squad and has done nowt worthwhile on the pitch for England .When everyone is fit he is way down the pecking order